Silent Lonesome Man

Afghanistan is on the brink of returning to the reign of terror that the Taliban has imposed after it successfully restored power following a week. The Taliban has restarted its attempts to reintroduce medieval, authoritarian law, in spite of its insistence that it'll be a "different" Taliban. Of course, nobody is foolish enough to buy the Taliban's propaganda, not even it hated neighbour Iran, which has been trying to work and weaken the Taliban at the same time. Yet one country that doesn't get so much "credit" for building this sectarian, terrorist group to fill the power void for so long: Pakistan. In fact, Pakistan plays a major role in making Afghanistan a mess - and also turning the country into a sectarian territory uncontrolled by the authorities, if not to say Pakistan "kill itself" with it. We have never imagined the role of Pakistan in the terror Afghans have been suffering. But it is necessary to understand its background. Pakistan...

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